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Ray
Chapman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 15, 1891 in Usa, KY, BEAVER DAM
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1912 21 CLE AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 7 5 6 8 7 8
1913 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 1 2 7 6 6 7 5 6 8 7 7
1914 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 1 2 7 5 6 7 5 6 7 7 7
1915 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 1 2 7 5 6 7 5 6 7 7 7
1916 25 CLE AL $ 1,278,571   5 5 5 2 1 2 7 5 6 7 5 6 7 7 7
1917 26 CLE AL $ 1,342,857   6 6 7 3 3 3 8 7 7 8 6 7 8 7 8
1918 27 CLE AL $ 2,385,714   5 5 6 4 3 3 7 6 6 8 6 7 8 7 7
1919 28 BOS AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 7 5 6 8 6 7 8 7 7
1920 29 BOS AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 6 4 3 3 7 5 6 8 7 7 7 7 7
1921 30 BRO NL $ 6,300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1922 31 BRO NL $ 6,300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 5 6 8 7 7 7 7 7
1923 32 BRO NL $ 6,300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1924 33 BRO NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 6 4 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
1925 34 BOS AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 4 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 4 5 7 5 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,300,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1912 21 AAA   104 408 52 104 11 4 1 40 29 7 70 89 .255 .364 .309 .673 55.1  
    AA   27 95 12 29 7 1 0 20 3 0 23 17 .305 .441 .400 .841 18.6  
1913 22 CLE AL 132 471 69 123 15 7 2 60 30 7 66 69 .261 .353 .335 .688 59.8 10.5
1914 23 CLE AL 122 444 46 116 13 5 0 37 30 14 50 88 .261 .336 .313 .649 48.8 7.4
1915 24 CLE AL 141 525 61 132 18 5 2 55 27 18 49 81 .251 .317 .316 .633 50.3 10.7
1916 25 CLE AL 142 522 68 136 20 9 1 58 26 18 55 82 .261 .333 .339 .672 59.6 10.6
1917 26 CLE AL 110 384 38 97 13 2 1 46 27 15 42 57 .253 .324 .305 .629 40.5 6.7
1918 27 CLE AL 139 479 56 115 18 6 3 58 30 17 71 81 .240 .336 .322 .657 52.2 8.9
1919 28 NYA AL 70 275 32 66 10 3 1 20 12 8 24 31 .240 .299 .309 .608 26.1 3.6
  BOS AL 30 120 16 30 5 2 0 13 5 3 7 18 .250 .289 .325 .614 10.9 1.3
  TOT   100 395 48 96 15 5 1 33 17 11 31 49 .243 .296 .314 .610 37.0 4.9
1920 29 BOS AL 140 486 69 131 21 10 3 77 33 12 60 66 .270 .349 .372 .722 65.2 10.7
1921 30 PHA AL 69 236 26 61 9 2 5 39 15 11 25 27 .258 .330 .377 .707 28.2 3.5
  BRO NL 27 59 10 17 2 0 0 5 4 3 4 6 .288 .333 .322 .655 5.4 0.5
  TOT   96 295 36 78 11 2 5 44 19 14 29 33 .264 .330 .366 .696 33.6 4.0
1922 31 BRO NL 89 218 18 49 8 1 2 18 12 11 20 17 .225 .290 .298 .588 15.4 0.0
1923 32 BRO NL 93 190 29 47 9 1 1 15 13 8 26 20 .247 .338 .321 .659 21.1 2.2
1924 33 BRO NL 71 107 22 30 3 2 0 6 6 5 13 5 .280 .364 .346 .709 11.8 1.4
1925 34 AAA   37 26 9 3 1 0 0 4 2 1 7 5 .115 .303 .154 .457 1.9  
12 Years Sim 1375 4516 560 1150 164 55 21 507 270 150 512 648 .255 .330 .329 .660 495.3 78.1
2 Years AAA 141 434 61 107 12 4 1 44 31 8 77 94 .247 .359 .300 .658 57.0  
1 Years AA 27 95 12 29 7 1 0 20 3 0 23 17 .305 .437 .400 .837 18.6  
3 Years Minors 168 529 73 136 19 5 1 64 34 8 100 111 .257 .373 .318 .691 75.7  
162 Game Average 532 65 135 19 6 2 59 31 17 60 76 .255 .330 .329 .660 58.4  
Career Highs 142 525 69 136 21 10 5 77 33 18 71 88 .280 .364 .372 .722 65.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3086 334 725 99 36 13 330 177 87 318 456 .235 .306 .303 .609 301.4
vs LH   1430 226 425 65 19 8 177 93 63 194 192 .297 .381 .386 .767 210.6
Home 655 2144 273 577 84 31 9 259 123 59 232 329 .269 .340 .350 .690 263.9
Away 720 2372 287 573 80 24 12 248 147 91 280 319 .242 .321 .311 .632 248.2
RISP   1269 0 308 50 9 5 456 0 0 161 167 .243 .323 .308 .631 137.0
Pinch Hitting   62 10 15 1 0 1 5 0 2 4 7 .242 .288 .306 .594 4.9
Close/Late   576 68 153 28 10 3 57 0 2 62 90 .266 .338 .365 .702 70.7
Mar/Apr 145 484 52 132 22 1 1 61 26 15 47 63 .273 .336 .329 .665 54.4
May 279 940 113 242 34 13 5 104 57 33 127 118 .257 .346 .337 .683 116.1
June 253 845 110 202 30 16 8 110 46 22 91 136 .239 .311 .341 .652 94.2
July 247 817 94 197 31 7 3 91 56 28 88 107 .241 .314 .307 .622 83.4
August 226 723 98 204 27 10 2 79 49 25 75 113 .282 .348 .355 .704 91.7
Sep/Oct 225 707 93 173 20 8 2 62 36 27 84 111 .245 .329 .304 .633 72.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1913 22 CLE AL 3B 108 108 964.7 64 243 12 11 .962 2.86   3.6
    SS 21 18 162.7 29 76 7 10 .938 5.81   0.9
    2B 2 2 19.0 4 8 0 2 1.000 5.68   0.1
1914 23 CLE AL 3B 82 82 724.3 50 182 10 14 .959 2.88   2.7
    SS 35 33 298.7 63 121 14 19 .929 5.54   1.3
    2B 4 4 34.0 11 9 1 0 .952 5.29   0.1
1915 24 CLE AL 2B 62 62 548.7 142 250 14 39 .966 6.43   2.0
    3B 56 55 487.7 42 121 3 6 .982 3.01   3.1
    SS 25 23 211.0 32 88 3 12 .976 5.12   1.1
1916 25 CLE AL 3B 104 104 911.3 57 229 20 8 .935 2.82   2.6
    SS 37 37 331.0 52 170 8 32 .965 6.04   1.7
1917 26 CLE AL 3B 106 102 919.7 77 235 19 15 .943 3.05   2.9
    SS 3 3 23.0 5 23 0 3 1.000 10.96   0.4
    2B 1 1 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1918 27 CLE AL SS 94 94 828.7 154 412 27 68 .954 6.15   4.7
    3B 43 43 394.7 29 103 10 9 .930 3.01   1.3
1919 28 NYA AL SS 55 55 501.5 86 218 19 43 .941 5.46   2.5
    3B 10 10 85.6 6 16 1 0 .957 2.31   0.1
    2B 4 4 30.9 8 10 1 1 .947 5.24   0.1
  BOS AL SS 24 24 213.5 36 93 8 18 .942 5.44   0.6
    3B 4 4 36.4 3 7 1 0 .909 2.47   0.1
    2B 2 2 13.1 3 4 0 1 1.000 4.81   0.1
  TOT   SS 79 79 715.0 122 311 27 61 .941 5.45   3.2
      3B 14 14 122.0 9 23 2 0 .941 2.36   0.2
      2B 6 6 44.0 11 14 1 2 .962 5.11   0.1
1920 29 BOS AL SS 140 140 1241.0 233 572 49 99 .943 5.84   6.3
1921 30 PHA AL SS 52 46 474.5 84 226 19 31 .942 5.88   1.5
    2B 9 3 42.4 10 23 1 6 .971 7.00   0.1
    3B 6 3 38.2 1 10 0 2 1.000 2.59   0.2
  BRO NL SS 20 18 112.4 20 53 5 7 .936 5.85   0.5
    2B 4 1 10.1 2 6 0 1 1.000 7.13   0.1
    3B 3 1 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 72 64 586.9 104 279 24 38 .941 5.87   1.9
      2B 13 4 52.5 12 29 1 7 .976 7.03   0.2
      3B 9 4 47.2 1 12 0 2 1.000 2.48   0.2
1922 31 BRO NL 3B 30 22 203.3 14 51 4 3 .942 2.88   1.0
    2B 31 18 182.7 55 86 3 15 .979 6.95   0.9
    SS 16 12 112.0 16 50 4 5 .943 5.30   0.4
1923 32 BRO NL 3B 29 25 216.3 16 58 4 8 .949 3.08   1.2
    2B 32 14 153.0 49 68 9 20 .929 6.88   0.5
    SS 12 8 74.0 14 39 5 6 .914 6.45   0.4
1924 33 BRO NL 2B 55 22 235.3 59 109 8 22 .955 6.43   0.7
    SS 3 3 27.0 10 9 1 3 .950 6.33   0.1
    3B 2 2 15.0 2 2 1 0 .800 2.40   0.0
  3B 583 561 5006.2 361 1259 85 76 .950 2.91   18.8
  SS 537 514 4610.9 834 2150 169 356 .946 5.82   22.5
  2B 206 133 1278.2 343 575 37 107 .961 6.46   4.6
Career Totals   1326 1208 10895.2 1538 3984 291 539 .950 4.56   45.9
Career Highs   143 141 1247.3 233 572 49 99 .971 6.20    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
RBIs
1920-7-77
 Stolen Bases
1920-8-33
 Caught Stealing
1915-10-18
 Walks
1918-4-71
1920-6-60
 Strikeouts
1913-8-69
1914-5-88
1915-4-81
1916-2-82
1918-4-81
1919-9-49
1920-3-66
CAR-29-648
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  4. Harry Steinfeldt (915)
  5. George Scales (909)
  6. Hank Gowdy (904)
  7. Lefty Davis (902)
  8. Larry Schlafly (901)
  9. Tommy Leach (901)
  10. Jim Jackson (901)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1912
Had first career hit on 4/11/1913, off Charley Hall (PHA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1913, off Nick Maddox (BOS)
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/15/1919 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Traded from New York (A) to Boston (A) on 7/16/1919 (Going to BOS: CF Ira Flagstead, 3B Ray Chapman, SS Johnny Evers, P Lou Schettler. Going to NYA: LF Ken Williams, P Rube Kroh)
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/16/1921 to a 3-year deal worth $6,300,000 per year
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Brooklyn on 7/31/1921 (Going to BRO: SS Ray Chapman. Going to PHA: RF Del Pratt)
2/23/1923: Signed a minor league contract extension with Brooklyn
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 3/15/1925 to a minor league contract
 
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